How To Live Roof

1 intensive green roof.

How to live roof.

More than just a roof with plants adapted to hot environments brit s living roof recreates an existing texas habitat. Remove unwanted weeds and check drainage holes are not blocked. There are a number of types of living roof ranging from the one i ve made enough for some. Hardy sedums are most popular for green roofs because they thrive in a soilless growing medium and are drought tolerant.

I nailed five of them together since they were going to be spanning the 12 foot opening and carrying the weight of the roof. Usually a roof slope of 40 degrees or more is required for runoff or else the living roof might end up in the home s living room. Brit s living roof is a one of a kind example in green roof technology. I took some 2 12 s and notched them so they would rest on top of the plates and frame out the proper opening for the windows.

A meadow on the top of your house. Living roof the urban environment is an ecosystem in itself. Plants soil and air trapped in the soil are acoustic insulators. They just need a yearly trim and occasional fertilizer to look their best.

Click here to view a live video feed of the living roof. With this type of roof planting mediums are much deeper which can be between seven and 24 inches and can consist of lawn shrubs trees and perennials for example. A green roof typically begins with a layer of a water and rot proof membrane such as a heavy duty pond liner stretched across the area of a roof leading up to the gutters where drainage can run off. To keep your roof well maintained only water in dry periods as saturated green roofs can add unnecessary strain to the structure.

Green roofs dampen and reduce noise which is of great benefit to occupants of buildings affected by airports industry trains and traffic. With this living roof brit is bringing a functional native texas ecosystem back into. After doing quite a bit of reading on the internet ok well an afternoon or so i soon realised. Build a living roof green roof step 1.

Retreat the wood every autumn by brushing wood preserve onto the wooden structure. So after building up the shell of our structure it was time to move on to the living roof.